A highlight of the Spring season's 1st 'Bird Walk for All People' at the Cape May Point State Park was an obliging male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker who sipped nectar from his ring of holes above the heads of an appreciative audience. Recently returned ospreys hover-hunted over the marshes, an Eastern Phoebe flitted along an edge and a nice variety of ducks still linger on the ponds.
Location: Cape Island--Cape May Point SP (CMPSP)
Observation date: 4/2/11
Number of species: 47
Observation date: 4/2/11
Number of species: 47
Leaders: K & R Horn, W Cairo, C Bamford, L Breslow
Canada Goose 4
Mute Swan 4
Gadwall 9
American Wigeon 6
Mallard 12
Northern Shoveler 8
Green-winged Teal 16
Ring-necked Duck 8
Surf Scoter 1
Black Scoter 6
Red-throated Loon 3
Northern Gannet 37
Double-crested Cormorant 16
Great Blue Heron 7
Great Egret 4
Black Vulture 5
Turkey Vulture 9
Osprey 2
Northern Goshawk 1
Killdeer 3
Oystercatcher 2
Canada Goose 4
Mute Swan 4
Gadwall 9
American Wigeon 6
Mallard 12
Northern Shoveler 8
Green-winged Teal 16
Ring-necked Duck 8
Surf Scoter 1
Black Scoter 6
Red-throated Loon 3
Northern Gannet 37
Double-crested Cormorant 16
Great Blue Heron 7
Great Egret 4
Black Vulture 5
Turkey Vulture 9
Osprey 2
Northern Goshawk 1
Killdeer 3
Oystercatcher 2
Bonaparte's Gull 1
Laughing Gull 5
Herring Gull 4
Forster's Tern 1
Rock Pigeon 8
Mourning Dove 7
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 9
Carolina Chickadee 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 3
American Robin 35
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 24
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 4
Song Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 1
Northern Cardinal 6
Red-winged Blackbird 18
Common Grackle 3
House Finch 2
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
Note: Northern goshawk seen immediately after walk on fencing at dune path entrance
Laughing Gull 5
Herring Gull 4
Forster's Tern 1
Rock Pigeon 8
Mourning Dove 7
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 9
Carolina Chickadee 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 3
American Robin 35
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 24
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 4
Song Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 1
Northern Cardinal 6
Red-winged Blackbird 18
Common Grackle 3
House Finch 2
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
Note: Northern goshawk seen immediately after walk on fencing at dune path entrance
Male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker [photo by Roger Horn].
